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Thursday, October 28, 2021
The World Trade Organization’s twelfth ministerial meeting at the end of November represents the institution’s big chance to secure a deal to limit subsidies to the fisheries sector, after 20 years of trying. But success is still by no means guaranteed.
Trade ministers from more than 100 WTO member countries have recommitted to negotiating a multilateral deal to curb fisheries subsidies this year. But at a virtual ministerial meeting dedicated to the topic on Thursday (15 June), it became clear that divisions over the issue remain substantial – and it remains …
Hopes for a significant breakthrough on rules to control fisheries subsidies at the upcoming ministerial meeting on 15 July appear to have receded, as wide gaps between the positions of the 164 delegations on a number of key points show little sign of narrowing. A revised draft text on the …
It’s been a very intense week at the WTO with plenty of discussions and negotiations taking place in critical topic areas for the institution. There is no breakthrough anywhere yet. Here is an attempt at a little state of play of where some of the most important discussions are: fisheries, …
Chris Horseman and Robert Francis on the latest developments in the two critical negotiations at the WTO on fisheries subsidies and on intellectual property. Plans for revised compromise text as WTO fish talks enter end-game A fresh revised text of the planned WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies is expected to …
It’s busy in Geneva these days. An overview of some of the latest developments by Robert Francis and Iana Dreyer.
An overview of notable recent developments at the World Trade Organization focusing on fish subsidy talks, e-commerce negotiations and trade and health.
A fresh bid has been made to break the 20-year-long deadlock in World Trade Organization negotiations on fisheries subsidies, as negotiators begin their final run-in to a key ministerial meeting in July.
The World Trade Organization is to convene a ministerial meeting before the end of July aimed at pushing negotiations on curbs on fisheries subsidies over the finishing line, following encouraging progress in recent talks in Geneva.
The struggle to agree new multilateral disciplines on fisheries subsidies within the WTO is continuing apace, with plenty of negotiating activity – and precious little consensus to show for it so far. However, Geneva insiders do detect some signs of slow progress as the talks enter their twentieth year since …
